Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,969, Benjamin Eaton, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Eaton, Benjamin Mary
No. 16,969
CONTENTS

Henry 3122
Mary Eaton
widow of Benjamin Eaton Jr.
who died on the 20 th October 1800 at Poughkeepsie in the State of New York who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain Duryea of the 1st N.Y. commanded by Col. Visscher in the line for 8 months. May
Entered on the Roll of 1833 at the rate of 26 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 16 th day of Sept. 1837 and sent to Dr. Hance Berkshire N.Y.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 39 226 67 Pension annual allowance ending 10 Nov. 40. 13 33
$239 98
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by D. Dyer Book 4. Vol. 2.
Clerk. Page 10

V
4555
312 nd Mary Eileen
4th July 1834
Married 23 rd Apr 1775 G. Street Dec 20 th 1850
See Vol. 10 page 51 8 months
Capt Druy - Col of Arty
Admitted Private 8 months
D. Mann Esq. Westfield New York

State of Vermont.
Chautauqua County
On this day personally appeared Mary Eaton, now a resident of Portland, in the county of Chautauqua, in the state of New York, formerly of Framingham, in the county of Middlesex, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged eighty-two years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth hereby make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed May 4, 1836: that she is the widow of Benjamin Eaton, junior, late of Framingham, who served as a private soldier in the army of the Revolution; that the said Benjamin Eaton, junior, was at the battle of Lexington, on the nineteenth of April, in the year, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, and shortly after enlisted into the army as a private soldier; she does not recollect how long he served, but believes he continued eight months or more; that during that time he was at home three times; once the day after the battle of Lexington, once in May, and once in October, and that he stayed at home only a day or two each time. She is unable to name the officers under whom he served, but believes that Colonel Schuyler was one of them, but does not know what rank he held at the time. She further declares, that some time during the war, though she cannot say what year, there was an alarm about the time of the harvest, when the militia all turned out, that her husband went with the rest, but that she cannot say to what place, nor how long he was absent; nor can she name the officers under whom he served at this time. She further declares, that she was married to Benjamin Eaton, junior, on the twentieth day of April, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, the day after the battle of Lexington. That the said Benjamin Eaton, junior, whom she saw that day, was returned, and returned to the army the next day. That their marriage had been previously published, that several persons had been invited to the wedding, but in consequence of the subsequent commotion which occurred none attended, except the family of Benjamin Eaton, the father of her late husband, at whose house the marriage took place; and that she knows of no person now living who was present. And she further declares that she has in her possession a family record, in the hand writing of her late husband, from which the following is a just and true extract, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the record in fair legible figures, as follows: "Benj. Eaton jun. & Mary Slany married April 20th 1775" (April twentieth, seventeen hundred and seventy-five.) That her husband, the said Benjamin Eaton, junior, died on or about the twentieth of October, in the year eighteen hundred, and that she has remained a widow ever since that time. She further declares, that from the time of her marriage until the year seventeen hundred and ninety-four, she resided in Framingham.

aforesaid; that from that time until the year eighteen hundred and six, she resided in Southborough in the county of Worcester in the said colony; and that from the last mentioned time to the present she has resided in the county of Schenectady in the state of New York. And she further deposes that she knows of no other documentary evidence in support of her claim.
Sworn to and subscribed. before me this 11 th day of May 1837
Mary Salton
County of Schenectady a Jury of County Courts
I hereby certify that the above named Mary Salton is from her extreme age unable to attend Court. but she appears to be in full possession of her mental faculties. And I further certify that I am well acquainted with her and have resided near her for more than twenty years, and know her to be a person of good character and a credible witness.
J. W. Campbell
State of New York Chamberlayne County } ss (to wit: Official)
I George M. Newblock of said county do hereby certify that Thomas Belamp bell whose name is subscribed to the above petition was on the day of the date thereof a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, duly appointed and sworn and duly qualified to take the oaths, and further that he is well acquainted with the handwriting of said Judge and verily believes the signature of said Judge to be genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 22 nd day of May 1837.
G. M. Newblock
R. W. Sackett Esq.

State of New York Wheeler County ss. I George W. Tew Clerk of said County. do hereby certify that Rev. Andrew Ely was on the day of the date of the foregoing Affidavit a competent Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly elected and qualified. and that I am well acquainted with his hand- writing, and verily believe that the signatures thereto subscribed are genuine. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal this 16. day of October. A.D. 1839.
G. W. Tew Clerk

State of New York, Chautauqua County, ss.
Mary Eaton, of Portland, in the county of Chautauqua and state of New York, being duly sworn according to law, deposeth and saith, that the family record, hereto attached, is the one referred to in her declaration, made before Thomas B. Cum- pell, Esquire, a judge of the court of common pleas for said county on the eleventh day of May last; that the said record has been in her possession ever since the death of her husband, Benjamin Eaton, junr.; and that the entries on said record prior to the date of 1788, and particularly the entry of their marriage, are, to the best of her knowledge and belief, in the hand writing of the said Benjamin Eaton junr.
Sworn and subscribed the 15th day of October 1839 before me
Asa Andrews, S. P.
Mary Eaton
State of New York, Chautauqua County, ss.
David Eaton, of Portland, in the county of Chautauqua, and state of New York, being duly sworn, according to law, deposeth and saith, that the family record hereto attached, is the one referred to in his affidavit, which accompanied the declaration of Mary Eaton, made to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed July 4, 1836; and that all the entries on said record prior to the date of 1788, are in the hand writing of the late Benjamin Eaton junr.
David Eaton
Sworn and subscribed the 15th day of October, 1839 before me
Asa Andrews, S. P.
I certify that I am personally acquainted with the above named Mary Eaton and David Eaton, and that each of them is a credible witness
Asa Andrews, S. P.

Agassiz Eaton Born October the 8: 1775 Nelly Eaton Born November 28: 1776 Dolly Eaton Born May the 8: 1778 Fanny Eaton Born January the 14: 1780 David Eaton Born February the 2: 1782 Cyrus Eaton Born February the 11: 1784 Charlotte Eaton Born August 25 th 1786 Anna Eaton Born October 11 th 1788.
Emelia Eaton Born March 23 rd 1794
Fanny Eaton Died April 11 th 1796 Emelia Eaton Died 17 Benjamin Eaton Died 21 Benjamin Eaton Died Oct r 26 th 1800.

Benjamin Eaton J r Born July 27 th 1754
Mary Eaton Born April 13 th 1753
Benj n Eaton J r & Mary Stacy married April 20 th 1775

Feb. 14
I Elias Temple Town Clerk of the Town of Framingham, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do certify and declare that I have searched in order in the records of the Town of Framingham for a record of the marriage of Benjamin Eaton Junior and Mary May; the record of Marriages I find very deficient about the year 1775, in consequence as I know of there being no settled Minister at that time in the Town, but I find a record of the births of their Children as follows, viz: "Asenath Eaton the Daughter of Benj m Eaton Jr and of his wife was born October ye 8 th 1775 (seventeen hundred and seventy five)
Polly Eaton born November ye 28 th 1776 (seventeen hundred and seventy six) Polly Eaton born May ye 8 th 1778 (seventeen hundred and seventy eight) Fanny Eaton born Jan y 22 14 th 1780 (seventeen hundred and eighty) David Eaton Born February ye 11 th 1784 (seventeen hundred and eighty four) Cyrus Eaton born February ye 11 th 1784 (seventeen hundred and eighty four) All Children of ye said Benjamin Eaton Junior & Mary his wife"
I Elias Temple, abovenamed, depose and say, that I now hold the Office of Town Clerk, in the Town, County and Commonwealth aforesaid, that the above quotation is a true extract from the records of said Town of Framingham, with the exception of Dates which are in figures only, and not in words at length Framingham March 19. 1839 — Elias Temple Town Clerk
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
County of Middlesex ss March 19, 1839
I hereunto subscribe the above as true Elias Temple and make solemn oath that the above affidavit by him submitted is true
Before Me
Warren D. G. Justice of Peace.

(Com. on wills of Massachusetts)
Middlesex ss
I Isaac Pitkin Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Warren Nison Esquire is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County duly commissioned & qualified & that his signature as here written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the Seal of said Court of Probate this Twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred and thirty nine — Isaac Pitkin Junr of the Place

O. W. & N. Division.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
P. S. N. S. C. Ad
Bureau of Pensions,
716969
Washington, D. C., December 30, 1895.
Sir:
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of --- Benjamin Eaton, Jr. --- a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATE OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1775 3 mos. Pvt. Dwight Thomas Nixon Mass.  
Battles engaged in, Lexington.  Residence of soldier at enlistment, Framingham, Mass.  Date of application for pension. Widow, May 11, 1839.  Residence at date of application, Widow. Portland, M. I.  Age at date of application, Widow, born, April 12, 1732.
Remarks: He was born July 27, 1754, married Mary Study April 25, 1775, and died October 23, 1806.
Very respectfully, Nancy Grant Eaton, Exec.,
Holston, S. C.
Commissioner.

V N. York Mary Eaton let. to D. Mann 27. Sep. 1839
Sol July 1836

State of New York Chautauqua County, ss.
I, David Eaton, of the county of Chautauqua, in the state of New York, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and saith; that his mother, Mary Eaton, now resides with him, and has resided with him for the space of thirtythree years last past; that she is the widow of Benjamin Eaton junior, late of Framingham in the county of Middlesex and commonwealth of Massachusetts; that the said Benjamin Eaton junior died on or about the twentieth of October, in the year eight hundred and thirtythree; and that the said Mary Eaton has remained unmarried since that time. And this deponent further saith, that from his earliest recollection, the said Benjamin Eaton junior and Mary his wife, resided in said Framingham until the year eighteen hundred and ninetythree, when they removed to Marlborough in the county of Worcester and the said commonwealth, where they resided until the death of the said Benjamin Eaton junior; that the said Mary Eaton continued to reside in that place until the year eighteen hundred and sixty, when this deponent and his mother the said Mary Eaton removed to the county of Chautauqua in the state of New York, where they have both resided ever since. And this deponent further saith, that he has preserved a family record, now in the possession of the said Mary Eaton, from which the following is a just and true extract, with the exception of the date which is in four legible figures as follows: "Mary Eaton born March 8th (then following in Roman numerals) April 20th 1775" (April twentieth, eighteen hundred and thirtythree) and that this deponent has frequently seen his father, the said Benjamin Eaton junior, write, and that he has no doubt but that the said family record is the hand writing of the said Benjamin Eaton junior. And this deponent further saith, that he has frequently heard his said father relate anecdotes which he said took place while he was in New York, and more particularly at the battle of Bunker Hill, and that he has frequently heard him say that he was in the service more than three months; and that he has heard him speak of Colonel Nixon as one of his friends. And this deponent further saith that he saw in the said family record, which his mother, the said Mary Eaton, has now in her possession, purporting to be a record of her father's birth, and that the following is a just and true extract from said record: "Mary Eaton born April 1 st 1775" (one hundred and thirtythree.)
Sworn to and subscribed then 11 th day of May 1839 before me
David Eaton
J. M. Campbell Judge of County Court

Chautauqua County, ss
I hereby certify that I am well acquainted with David Eaton, the person who made the within affidavit. that I have known him personally for more than twenty years, and that he is a credible witness and entitled to full credit in every respect.
J. B. Campbell Judge
State of New York
Chautauqua County, ss
On this occasion I, George W. Tew, Clerk of said County, hereby certify that Thomas B. Campbell whose name is subscribed to the above certificate is also to the within several was on the day of the date thereof a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified and authorized to take the several depositions further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Judge and verily believe said signature to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 13. day of May 1839
G. W. Tew Clerk Mr. A. Sackett Dep.

Nelson, B. C., Oct. 7, 1895
To
United States Pension Bureau,
Washington, D. C.
Sir:-
The Secretary of the Washington Society of the Sons of the American Revolution advises me that your office sometimes makes search through the pension records with a view to obtaining information touching the military service of soldiers of the Revolution. I am applying for admission to membership in this Society, and am endeavoring to establish my claims to descent from a Revolutionary soldier.
I hand you herewith a copy of my application so far as I have completed it. I would like further information as to the name of the regiment in which Benjamin Raton served; his standing in same; his term of service; date of his death; the reason his widow received a pension, and any other facts touching his military service which may be of record.
Any assistance you can give me herein, or suggestions as to further search, will be gratefully appreciated by me.
Yours truly,
Darwin Grant Nelson

30/9/71 H. S. L. R. R. No. 9. Edin. Wilson B. C. M. E.
Oct.
Re WIDOW, &c.
File No. 16909
16909 16909 16909 16909 16909
Act: 16909
Index:—Vol. 2 Page 204
[Arrangement of 1870.]

free
J. L. Edwards Esq Com. of Pensions Washington City

Westfield Chaut. Co New York
J. S. Edwards Esq
Enclosed are such papers as Mrs Mary Eaton has been enabled to procure in support of her claim for a pension. If they are sufficient well - if not sufficient please inform me as soon as convenient what is wanting or which they are defective
Yours Respectfully
C. Mann.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ss. On this day personally appeared
March 20, 1839
Ebenezer Dutton
Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Middlesex ss.
March 20, 1839. Then personally appeared before me the above named Ebenezer Dutton who made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true, and I certify that the said Ebenezer Dutton is a credible witness.
Warren D. Dorr { Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex County ss.
I, Isaac Dake Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Middlesex do hereby certify that Warren Dutton herein is a Justice of the Peace within said County duly commissioned and qualified and that my signature above written is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this twenty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.
Isaac Dake by

Westfield, Chan. Co. N.Y. Oct. 17, 1839.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
I herewith transmit the family record duly authenticated, referred to in the declaration of Mrs. Mary Eaton in pursuance of your instructions of Sept 27, 1839.
Respectfully Yours &c L. Mann